Grimme Prize ceremony: Focus on feminism and migration

For the 61st time, the Grimme Institute honored productions with its prestigious media award. 16 awards and three special prizes were presented at the Marl Theater. Many of the winners were public broadcasting productions.

A total of sixteen Grimme prizes as well as three special prizes were awarded today in Marl – it was the 61st edition of the most prestigious German television award. The focus was on the winners, it was their evening. Through the award ceremony the presenter Jana Pareigis, musically accompanied by Helmut Zerlett and Band. In the category Fiction only series were awarded for the first time since the existence of the category, so the tendency of …

A documentary about deportations, insider ridicule about the youth madness on TV and a persistent research on paedophilia: Special achievements of women shaped this year's Grimme Award Ceremony.